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[trip] / trɪp /




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She’d like to use some of it to fix up their aging house and take a trip to Italy.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Pope Leo's trip to Argentina has been described as a homage to Francis, who did not return to his homeland during his own papacy.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Average expenditure per trip dropped to a four-year low during the holiday, according to Citi economists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The stop formed part of Leo's first trip to Latin America as pope, a tour taking him to Uruguay, Argentina and then Peru, where he spent years as a missionary and bishop before his election.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

I’m so surprised, I almost trip over a root.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

We take two or three trips a year, and this year it was a week in Maine in July and 10 days in Portugal in May.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Rapper Big Sean, a fellow Michigan native, will bring McCoy with him on work trips out of the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Artem, meanwhile, is trying to catch up on moments of lost youth -- seeing friends, taking trips.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

It will be the Kiwi Ferns' seventh successive appearance in the showpiece match, but having won the first three between 2000-2008, three trips to the final since then have all ended in heartache.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Clothes, vacations, plastic surgery, telescopes, traveling circuses, radioactive spiders, trips to the moon, and then the suggestions got weird.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

The inquest heard that Devon Locke, a Scottish Power engineer, had been dispatched to the area to investigate after the supply had been tripped.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

This month a six-hour blackout struck across the island after the national grid tripped, possibly because solar power generation exceeded consumption.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

The law firm declared in its filing against the city that he tripped on a sidewalk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

She tripped backwards over a wooden platform, and I was surprised that she was able to get up, but the biggest surprise was how it affected her emotionally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Members of the audience tripped over theatrical props.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Not a bad record for a party that in the popular imagination can’t stop tripping over its own feet.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Then, Herbie Farnworth conceded a sloppy penalty on the verge of half-time when accidentally tripping Watene-Zelezniak off the ball.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Ask questions about what exactly is tripping her up and come up with systems that can streamline her workflow.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The film balances raw, emotional interviews of families still grappling with the fire’s aftermath with silly moments from the dugout, kids tripping over ball buckets or cheering on their teammates.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Besides, there were a few bad luck things that I believed in—things like hearing a screech owl at midnight, tripping over a broom, or dropping the water bucket in the well.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls


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